April 18 (Reuters) - Wall Street rose on Monday, with the
Dow touching highs not seen since July, as Hasbro and Disney
lifted the consumer discretionary sector while investors braced
for a flurry of quarterly earnings reports through the week.

Chevron climbed 1.25 percent as crude prices
steadied from earlier losses caused by the collapse of talks
among major producers to tackle a stubborn global surplus.

A recent rebound in oil and signs that the U.S. economy was
recovering have helped stocks rally from a steep selloff earlier
this year that had pushed the S&P 500 down as much as 10.5
percent.

The index is now up 2.3 percent in 2016 and only about 2
percent short of its all-time high, while the Dow breached
18,000 for the first time since July 21.
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